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September 8, 2025September 8, 2025 by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - 4 Comments

Realtek RTD1319C SoC with Mali-G57 GPU powers Formuler Z12 Ultra 4K TV box with optional USB DVB or ATSC tuner

Formuler Z12 Ultra is an Android 12 4K TV box powered by a Realtek RTD1319C SoC coupled with 4GB RAM and 128GB eMMC flash, support for Dolby Vision and Atmos, and popular USB ATSC or DVB-T/T2 digital TV tuners. While it was first seen in 2022 on the Formuler Z11 Pro Max, the RTD1319C is new to me, and it appears to be a variant of the RTD1319 quad-core Cortex-A55 SoC introduced in 2020, which replaces an entry-level Mali-G31 MP2 with an older, mid-range Mali-G57 MC1 GPU that should allow for smoother or higher-resolution user interfaces. However, it lacks the 4Kp60 H.266/VVC video codec support found in the Realtek RTD1319D. Formuler Z12 Ultra specifications: SoC – Realtek RTD1319C CPU – Quad-core Arm Cortex-A55 GPU – Arm Mali-G57 MC1 VPU – Up to 4Kp60 AV1, H.265 (HEVC), AVS, H.264 (AVC, MVC), Real, MPEG-1/2/4, VC-1 System Memory – 4GB DDR4 @ 2400MHz […]

August 28, 2025August 29, 2025 by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - 10 Comments

Ugoos AM9 Android 14 TV box features Amlogic S905X5 Armv9 SoC, supports H.266 and AV1 codecs

Ugoos AM9 is an Android 14 TV box powered by an Amlogic S905X5 quad-core (Armv9) Cortex-A510 SoC, which supports features such as H.266 and AV1 hardware video decoding and AI Super Resolution (AI-SR) through the built-in 4 TOPS NPU. We first noted the Amlogic S905X5 SoC in an upcoming SEI Robotics TV box about two years ago. Details were sparse at the time, and in the meantime, Amlogic introduced the similarly named S905X5M, which is still a “regular” Armv8 SoC with four Cortex-A55 cores, and found in products such as ODROID-C5 SBC and Ugoos X5M Pro. However, I had not heard anything about the more powerful S905X5 SoC until I came across the Ugoos AM9 TV box this morning. Ugoos AM9 specifications: SoC – Amlogic S905X5 CPU – Quad-core Cortex-A510 Armv9 processor delivering 40K+ DMIPS GPU – Arm Mali-G310 V5 GPU clocked at 1 GHz for 4K HDR user interfaces […]

July 24, 2025July 24, 2025 by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - 12 Comments

Xiaomi TV Stick 4K (2nd Gen) – A quad-core Cortex-A55 TV Stick with Google TV

We’ve just written about the Ugoos X5M Pro as one of the first Amlogic S905X5M TV boxes, but the market is expanding, and Xiaomi TV Stick 4K (2nd Gen) Google TV dongle is now available as a smaller version of the company’s Xiaomi TV Box S (3rd Gen) based on the same or similar processor. The TV stick features 2GB RAM, 8GB eMMC flash, a 4K-capable HDMI male port, and WiFi 6 and Bluetooth 5.2 connectivity, and not much else, as one would expect from an HDMI TV stick. It ships with a Bluetooth remote that supports Google Assistant voice commands. The company did not list the exact part number of the processor, and while it matches the Amlogic S905X5M specifications, it should be another model without Ethernet support, like Amlogic did in the past with the S905Y4, so maybe an S905Y5M? Xiaomi TV Stick 4K (2nd Gen) specifications: SoC – […]

July 21, 2025July 24, 2025 by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - 19 Comments

Ugoos X5M Pro Android 14 TV Box is powered by a 2.5 GHz Amlogic S905X5M SoC

Ugoos X5M Pro TV Box BLuetooth Remote Control

Ugoos X5M Pro is an Android 14 TV box powered by the new Amlogic S905X5M quad-core Cortex-A55 SoC, so far found in some operator TV boxes, Xiaomi TV Box S (3rd Gen), and Hardkernel ODROID-C5 SBC. The new TV box comes with 4GB RAM, 32GB eMMC flash, HDMI 2.1 video output up to 4Kp60, Gigabit Ethernet and WiFi 6 networking, optical S/PDIF audio output, a USB 3.0 port, and a USB 2.0 OTG port. A Bluetooth remote control with voice control and IR learning function is also provided. Ugoos X5M Pro specifications: SoC – Amlogic S905X5M CPU – Quad-core Cortex-A55 processor @ 2.5 GHz GPU – Arm G310-V2 GPU @ 850 MHz supporting OpenGL ES 3.2, Vulkan 1.0, and OpenCL 2.0 VPU Video Decoding 4Kp60 10-bit: AV1, H.265, VP9, AVS2 4Kp30: H.264 1080p60: MPEG-4, VC1, AVS, MPEG-2, MPEG-1, MJPEG Video Encoding – 1080p30 H.264 NPU – Inline AI-SR (AISR2) for […]

May 9, 2025 by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - 8 Comments

UGOOS SK2 – A 4K Google TV box powered by Realtek RTD1325 SoC with 4GB RAM, WiFi 6, Dolby Vision & Atmos

UGOOS SK2 is a 4K Google TV (Android TV 12) box powered by a Realtek RTD1325 quad-core Cortex-A55 SoC with 4GB LPDDR4 RAM, 32GB eMMC flash, 100 Mbps Ethernet, and WiFi 6 connectivity. The TV box features an HDMI 2.1a port that outputs up to 4Kp60 with HDR, an optical S/PDIF audio output, and two USB ports. As a certified device, it ships with a Widevine L1 license for video streaming, as well as Dolby Vision and Atmos audio support. UGOOS SK2 specifications: SoC – Realtek RTD1325 CPU – Quad-core Arm Cortex-A55 @ 1.7GHz with 512KB L3 cache; 20,000 DMIPS GPU – Arm Mali-G57 MC1 with OpenGL ES 3.2 and Vulkan 1.3 API support VPU – 4Kp60 10-bit AV1, VP9, H.265, AVS2 video decoder System Memory – 4GB LPDDR4 Storage – 32GB eMMC flash Video & Audio Output HDMI 2.1a up to 4K resolution (3840 x 2160) with 4K HDR […]

March 31, 2025 by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - 4 Comments

Geniatech APC680 Edge AI and TV Box is powered by Synaptics VS680 AI SoC with 7.9 TOPS NPU

Geniatech APC680 is described as an “AI-powered TV box” powered by Synaptics VS680 quad-core Cortex-A73 SoC with a built-in 7.9 TOPS NPU and designed for smart entertainment and edge computing. The system comes with 4GB RAM and 16GB eMMC flash by default, 4K capable HDMI output and input ports, gigabit Ethernet, WiFi 5 and Bluetooth 5.0, a few USB ports, and a range of wireless options including 4G LTE, Zigbee, Z-Wave, and LoRa. Besides being just an AI-powered TV box, it could also be used as a Smart Home gateway in more ways than one. Geniatech APC680 specifications: SoC – Synaptics VS680 CPU – Quad-Core Arm Cortex-A73 processor GPU – Imagination PowerVR Series9XE GE9920 with support for OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 1.2, Vulkan 1.1, and DirectFB VPU Up to 2160p60 decode with AV1, H.265, H.264, VP9, VP8, and MPEG-2 Up to 1080p60 encode with H.264, VP8 NPU – 7.9 TOPS with […]

March 25, 2025March 25, 2025 by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - 2 Comments

Linux 6.14 release – Main changes, Arm, RISC-V, and MIPS architecture

Linus Torvalds has just announced the release of Linux 6.14 on LKML: So it’s early Monday morning (well – early for me, I’m not really a morning person), and I’d love to have some good excuse for why I didn’t do the 6.14 release yesterday on my regular Sunday afternoon release schedule. I’d like to say that some important last-minute thing came up and delayed things. But no. It’s just pure incompetence. Because absolutely nothing last-minute happened yesterday, and I was just clearing up some unrelated things in order to be ready for the merge window. And in the process just entirely forgot to actually ever cut the release. D’oh. So yes, a little delayed for no good reason at all, and obviously that means that the merge window has opened. No rest for the wicked (or the incompetent). Below is the shortlog for the last week. It’s nice and […]

December 24, 2024December 24, 2024 by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - 1 Comment

MECOOL KM9PRO MAX 4K Streaming Box runs Google TV 12.0 on Realtek RTD1325 SoC

MECOOL KM9PRO MAX 4K is a Google TV 12.0 streaming box based on the Realtek RTD1325 quad-core Cortex-A55 SoC which we initially found in the Formuler Z Mini 4K Android 12 dongle. Since it’s a more traditional TV box as opposed to an HDMI dongle, it adds features like 10/100Mbps Ethernet, optical S/PDIF output, an AV composite and audio jack, two USB 2.0 ports, while keeping the 4K-capable HDMI 2.1 port and WiFi 5 and Bluetooth 5.0 connectivity. The KM9PRO Max 4K also comes with a larger 32GB eMMC flash. MECOOL KM9PRO MAX 4K specifications: SoC – Realtek RTD1325 CPU – Quad-core Arm Cortex-A55 @ 1.7GHz with 512KB L3 cache; 20,000 DMIPS GPU – Arm Mali-G57 MC1 with OpenGL ES 3.2 VPU – 4Kp60 10-bit AV1, VP9, H.265 video decoder System Memory – 2GB LPDDR4 Storage – 32GB eMMC flash Video & Audio Output HDMI 2.1 up to 4K resolution […]